Downloaded the latest update which was meant to cure mic problem - Mic still a problem but now the random feature is not so random. Now the random feature creates a block of 4 cells 3 rows deep, each cell is full of instruments and loop is on for all cells. There are no empty cells in the first 3 rows. I loved the random feature and now it is virtually un-usable.I use a iMac with El captain 10.11.2.

I would love to go back to the old version before update but no Time Machine was in place.Any help would be much appreciated.

What we changed was the default settings for the Random feature, not the Random feature itself.

We changed these because the new content takes more processor cycles to generate as it is in stereo and it mostly uses more advanced sound networks. Having a lot of it in a mix can mean too much for a mobile device processor to do (especially older devices). Also, you need less of it in a mix to sound good!

It is very easy to customise the Randomise settings to suit your own requirements.

Go into Menu > New > Settings and change what you want. These settings determine happens when you use the randomise feature for creating new mixes.

So, it sounds like you would want to uncheck "Cells Loop" and increase the "Tracks" and "Blank" values for example.

Hmm. Odd. I am using internal mic and it records fine and the recording plays back fine...

Thought: Are you finding the recording is not playing in the content cell, or in the recording playlist (Menu > Rec/Preview button which takes you to http://intermorphic.com/mixtikl/guide/#recording)? Could you please try via the latter and see if it plays there?